Degree Programs

The Media Arts and Technology Program (MAT) is an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental graduate degree program that offers the Master of Science, Master of Arts, and Ph.D. degrees in Media Arts and Technology. In addition to departmental requirements, candidates for graduate degrees must fulfill the university degree requirements found in the chapter "Graduate Education at UCSB" of the UCSB catalog.

For information about the Master's and PhD programs please select from the links below:

What do MAT Graduates Do?

A degree in MAT opens new possibilities for students from traditional
disciplines, allowing them to continue in their field (with an important new
interdisciplinary perspective) or to branch out on a different path. Media
Arts and Technology graduates move on to a wide variety of positions in
industry, academia, government, and private practice as researchers,
engineers, software developers, designers, artists, faculty members, and
more. Many MAT Master's students have gone on to PhD programs at UCSB and
elsewhere. Our PhD graduates so far have gone into academia. We have MAT
alumni working in the computing industry, in audio companies, in the music
business, in startup companies, and as practicing artists.